Joshua Rivkin & Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly at Book Soup
Join us to hear Joshua Rivkin present his book, Chalk: The Art and Erasure of Cy Twombly. Upon first seeing Twombly’s remarkable room-size paintings, the author became obsessed with this mysterious artist and has now reconstructed his life based upon years of archival research and interviews. From his time at legendary Black Mountain College, to his canonization in a 1994 MoMA retrospective, this book presents a more personal and searching type of biography, and brings to life the story of a more complex artist than we’ve known.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/joshua-rivkin-discusses-and-signs-chalk-art-and-erasure-cy-twombly
Constantine Singer & Strange Days at Vroman’s Bookstore – YA Event
Join us to welcome author Constantine Singer who will present and discuss his book, Strange Days. Alex Mata doesn’t want to worry about rumors of alien incursions—he’d rather just skate and tag and play guitar. But when he comes home to find an alien has murdered his parents, he’s forced to confront a new reality: aliens are real, his parents are dead, and nobody will believe him if he tells. On the run, he pursues answers at the compound of a tech guru and joins a new group of forces to try to stop the alien threat. Soon he is forced to reevaluate who he can really love or trust.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www. vromansbookstore.com/event/constantine-singer-discusses-and-signs-strange-days
Pearl Sharp and Friends & Black Women for Beginners & Open Mic at Poets & Allies for Resistance
Join Poets and Allies for Resistance, and our host Khadija Anderson, to celebrate the 4th anniversary of our Open Mic event, and the 25th anniversary of Black Women for Beginners. Poet S. Pearl Sharp and friends will be joined by Shakirah Peterson, and there will be a huge book giveaway and CAKE!
Where: Sidewalk Café HTS
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 2057 N. Los Robles (at Woodbury), Pasadena, CA 91104
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/114978922785302/
Queer Book Club with CB Lee at the Last Bookstore
Join us for the December debut of our Queer Book Club, led by our host and Lamda finalist CB Lee, when we read and discuss the book, Baker Thief, by Claudie Arseneault. During the course of this urban fantasy adventure, a variety of relationships, from family to aromantic, are explored, including that most unlikely of pairings: police officer and jewel thief.
NOTE: All Last Bookstore book clubs require a ticket, and details are available at the website.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Red Hen Press Authors Reading at Stories Books & Café
Join us to hear four women writers read and discuss their work:
Brittany Ackerman is the author of a collection of essays from Red Hen Press, The Perpetual Motion Machine.
Kim Dower is a poet, writer and poet laureate of West Hollywood. She teaches at Antioch University, and is the author of three collections of poetry from Red Hen Press, most recently Last Train to the Missing Planet.
Nicelle Davis is a California poet, collaborator and performance artist, whose poetry collections include: The Walled Wife, In the Circus of You, Becoming Judas, and Circle. She is the creator of The Poetry Circus, and teaches at Paraclete High School.
Agatha French is the former staff writer in books at the Los Angeles Times, and has worked as an editor for a number of literary journals and magazines, including the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Monday the 3rd
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1716 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.storiesla.com/?q=h.calevents
Workshop: Making a Living with Your Words at 1888 Center for the Arts
Please join us for the Creative Writing Workshop: Making a Living with Your Words. Writing is a business, but too few writers—and their potential clients—see it that way. In this workshop we will explore the various ways in which writers can and should be making a living from their words, and how you can set yourself up for success.
Yi Shun Lai has been a writer and editor for over twenty years and her work has been widely published. She is currently the co-publisher and fiction editor of the Tahoma Literary Review, a thrice-annual literary magazine, and her debut novel, Not a Self-Help Book: The Misadventures of Marty Wu, is in its fourth printing. She is adjunct faculty at the Southern New Hampshire University’s Online MFA program.
NOTE: This workshop costs $25, and tickets can be purchased at website.
Where: 1888 Center for the Arts
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 6 pm – 8 pm
Address: 115 N. Orange St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: http://1888.center/calendar/workshop-making-a-living-with-your-words
WeHo Reads Tales from the Strip at West Hollywood Library
Join us foe a WeHo Reads Event featuring the authors of Tales from the Strip: A Century in the Fast Lane, all about the Sunset Strip. This book is represented by the talents of journalists and artists Van Gordon Sauter, Robert Landau, and Frans Evenhuis. This event should be a wonderful trip down memory lane and Sunset Boulevard.
NOTE: This is a FREE but ticketed event.
Where: City Council Chambers at the West Hollywood Library
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 625 N. San Vicente Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/weho-reads-tales-from-the-sunset-strip-tickets-47602646798
David Kipen & Dear Los Angeles at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear David Kipen discuss and sign his book, Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018. This book is a rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from notable people, and the story of Los Angeles as told by locals, transplants, and some who are just passing through. It provides a vivid tapestry of insights, personal discoveries, and wry observations that together distill the essence of the city.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/david-kipen-discusses-and-signs-dear-los-angeles
Liesl Bradner & Snapdragon at Chevalier’s
Join us to hear Liesl Bradner present her book, Snapdragon: The World War II Exploits of Darby’s Ranger and Combat Photographer Phil Stern. In this book the author shares the record of Phil Stern’s remarkable combat photography during World War II, although he is best known for his iconic images of Hollywood celebrities and actors. With his lens and pen he reported through the eyes of a young soldier fresh from the battlefields.
Where: Chevalier’s Bookstore
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 126 N. Larchmont Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90004
Website: http://www.chevaliersbooks.com/liesl-bradner
Scotty Bowers & Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood & Full Service at Book Soup
Join us to hear Scotty Bowers present his documentary DVD, Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, based on his book Full Service. This is the deliciously scandalous story of Scotty Bowers, a handsome ex-Marine who landed in Hollywood after World War II and became a confidante, aid-de-camp, and lover to many of Hollywood’s greatest male—and female—stars. In the 1940s and 1950s he ran a gas station in the shadow of the studio lots where he would connect his friends with actors and actresses who had to hide their true sexual identities for fear of police raids and career suicide.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Tuesday the 4th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Workshop: The Plaza Writing Series #4 at 1888 Center for the Arts
Please join us for the Creative Writing Workshop: The Plaza Writing Series, which offers beginning and experienced writer a chance to develop craft as a community and build a creative culture rooted in the history of the plaza.
Trevor Kaiser Allred is a writer, arts advocate, and community builder, and has worked with many artists at 1888 Center and as a poet at The dA Center for the Arts.
NOTE: This workshop costs $20, and tickets can be purchased at website.
Where: 1888 Center for the Arts
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm – 8 pm
Address: 115 N. Orange St., Orange, CA 92866
Website: http://1888.center/calendar/workshop- the-plaza-writing-series-4/
Susan K. Wyatt & No Crown Required and Tom King & Amelia Earheart UNRESCUED at Vroman’s Bookstore
Join us to hear local author Susan K. Wyatt discuss and sign her book, No Crown Required: Raising a Confident, Courageous, and Compassionate Daughter. This book lays the foundation for a mindset that fosters happiness and deep connection, and breaks down four areas of competition necessary to lead an inspired and empowered life.
Also join us to hear local author and archaeololgist Tom King present and sign Amelia Earheart UNRESCUED, a story about the history, archaeology, and environment of the remote atoll known as Nikumaroro, to visualize what Amelia and Fred Noonan may have experienced after their aircraft disappeared over the Pacific, and offering a solution to the mystery.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: http://www.vromansbookstore.com/eventvroman’s-local-author-day-0 /
Esther Pearl Watson at Otis Visiting Writers Series, Otis College of Art and Design
Join us to welcome painter, cartoonist, illustrator, and visual storyteller Esther Pearl Watson to discuss her work. She has exhibited internationally, and is the author of the graphic novels Romeo & Juliet and Unlovable, published by Fantagraphics. She is the co-author of Whatcha Mean, What’s a Zine?, is a frequent contributor of illustrations to journals, and has done a number of book illustrations. She currently teaches at Art Center College of Design.
Where: The Forum, Goldsmith Campus, Otis College of Art and Design
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 9045 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90045
Website: http://www.otis.edu/mfa-writing/visiting-writers-series
Thane Marcus Ringler & From Here to There at the Last Bookstore
Please join us to hear author Thane Marcus Ringler discuss his new book, From Here to There: A Quarter-Life Perspective on the Path to Mastery.
Join us to learn more about how to pursue excellence in any field, and hear what the journey of playing professional golf taught the author about life.
NOTE: See website link to RSVP and pre-purchase the book.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S. Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Second Annual Book Club Meeting at Sideshow Books
Join us for our Second annual Book Club meeting to discuss Joan Didion’s book, A Year of Magical Thinking.
Snacks and beverages will be provided.
Where: Sideshow Books
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 7:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 1639 S. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/2082892822022294/
Leland de la Durantaye & Hannah Versus the Tree at Stories Books & Café
Join us to hear McSweeney’s author and Claremont professor Leland de la Durantaye present and discuss his stunning debut novel, Hannah Versus the Tree, in conversation with Kate Wolf from the Los Angeles Review of Books.
James Wood, staff writer and book critic at The New Yorker writes that this book is “…unlike anything I have ever read—thriller, myth, dream, and poem combined.”
At the center of the story is Hannah, a fiercely intelligent young woman, and heiress to her powerful family’s fortune. A devastating wrong is done to her when she opposes a family business scheme and her response is a battle cry of astounding violence and beauty.
Where: Stories Books & Café
Date: Wednesday the 5th
Time: 8 pm – 10 pm
Address: 1716 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90026
Website: http://www.storiesla.com/?q=h.calevents
One Hundred Vibrant Artists at The Neutra
Please join us at the Architect’s room at The Neutra for One Hundred Vibrant Artists, curated by Dulce Stein. Opening reception was September 1st, and participating artists include:
Arthur Carrillo, Marcela El-Ayoubi, Charisse Abellana, Julius Eastman.
Artist and poet Cindy Rinne will be reading poetry and sharing her art at 6 pm.
Where: Dulce Stein Presents at The Neutra
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 6 pm – 10 pm
Address: 2379 Glendale Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90039
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/232143167539160/
Open Mic Night & Tamara Madison at Anaheim Central Library
Poets, singers, songwriters, storytellers, musicians, writers and spectators of all ages are welcome to perform and listen at our Open Mic Night at Central. Sign-ups begin at 5:45 pm, and a sign-up sheet will be provided at the event to register to participate. Paticipants will be allotted 3-6 minutes for their performance.
The event will include a featured reading by poet Tamara Madison, who will sell and sign copies of her book at the event.
Where: Central Multipurpose Room, Anaheim Central Library
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 6 pm – 7:30 pm
Address: 500 W. Broadway, Anaheim, CA 92805
Website: http://anaheim.net/Calendar.aspx?EID=18119&month=12&year=2018&day=6&calType=0
Literary Women’s Book Club at Gatsby’s Bookstore
New members are welcome to join us as we meet to discuss our Book Club selection, Sing, Unburied, Sing, by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://http://gatsbybooks.com/events-2/#/literary-women-book-club/
Duy Doan & We Play a Game Launch at Other Books
Join us when KUNDIMAN presents poet Duy Doan reading from his collection, We Play a Game, winner of the 2017 Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize.
Duy Doan is a Vietnamese poet and the author of We Play a Game, winner of the 2017 Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize. He will be reading along with F. Douglas Brown, Michelle Lin, and Kenji Liu.
Douglas Brown is the author of ICON, a new collection of poetry from Writ Large Press in 2018, and Zero to Three, winner of the Cave Canem Prize in 2013. He is both a Cave Canem and Kundiman fellow, and is founder and curator of un::fade::able – The Requiem for Sandra Bland. He is a teacher, writer, and DJ in the LA Area.
Michelle Lin is a poet, community arts organizer, and author of A House Made of Water (2017), an examination of sisterhood, inheritance of stories, survival and trauma. She is a Kundiman fellow, co-organizer of Kearny Street Workshop’s reading series, and fundraising manager for RYSE Center, a social justice youth center in Richmond, CA.
Kenji C. Liu is the author of Monsters I Have Been (2019, Alice James Books) and Map of an Onion, winner of the 2015 Hillary Gravenyk Poetry Prize (Inlandia Institute). He is a Kundiman fellow and an alumnus of VONA/Voices, and lives in Los Angeles.
Where: Other Books
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 7 pm – 8:30 pm
Address: 2006 E. Cesar Chavez Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90033
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/241133446761361/
Women Who Rock at Beyond Baroque
Please join us for a celebration of Women Who Rock: Bessie to Beyonce, Girl Groups to Riot Grrrl, featuring readings and music by Evelyn McDonnell, Adele Bertel, DJ Lynnee Denise, and Solvej Schou.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Thursday the 6th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Brittany Ackerman, Siel Ju & Nicelle Davis at Book Soup
Join us to hear Brittany Ackerman, Siel Ju, and Nicelle Davis present and sign their books:
Perpetual Motion Machine, by Brittany Ackerman, is a memoir in essays that attempts to save a sibling by depicting the visceral pain that accompanies longing for some past impossibility.
Cake Time, by Siel Ju, is daring yet aimless, smart but slightly strange. This unflinching novel in stories grapples with timeless questions of why intelligent girls make terrible choices, where to negotiate a private self in a public world, and how to love madly without losing a sense of self.
The Walled Wife, by Nicelle Davis, unearths from the long-standing text, The Ballad of the Walled-Up Wife, a host of issues that continue to plague contemporary women: the woman’s body as sacrifice, as tender or currency, as disposable, as property, as aesthetic object, and/or as unsafe in the world and in the hands of those she loves.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
CSULB Creative MFA Reading Series at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Join us to hear members of the Cal State Long Beach MFA Program in Creative Writing read and discuss their work.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/events-2/#/csulb-creative-writing-mfa-reading-series-fri-dec-7th-7pm/
Neverspeak Poets & Tommy Domino at Elise’s Tea Room
Join us to enjoy a night of spoken word at the art expo, with this month’s feature, Tommy Domino, hosted by Shy but flyy.
There will be an Open Mic, so arrive on time to sign up.
Where: Elise’s Tea Room
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Address: 3924 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90807
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/204512073759518/
Poetry Bleeding & Open Mic at Viento y Agua Coffee House
Join us for the 9th night of the 2018 edition of this reading series, which happens every first Friday of the month at Viento y Agua Coffee House.
The featured readers are George Flores and JVN. As always the first 20 minutes will be an Open Mic, and then there will be our featured readers as well as your host, Alan Passman.
See you then!
Where: Viento y Agua Coffee House
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7 pm – 8:15 pm
Address: 4007 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA 90814
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/573950979698509/
Susan Gervitz, Pablo Lopez & Steve Dickison at Poetic Research Bureau
Please join us for a poetry reading and discussion with:
Susan Gervitz is a poet and educator, and the author of several books of poetry, including: Aerodrome Orion & Starry Messenger (2010), BROADCAST (2010), Thrall (2007), Hourglass (2001).
Pablo Lopez is a poet and writer, and the author of, Thorn of Lies (2007).
Steve Dickison is a poet, writer, and Lecturer at San Francisco State University, as well as Director of the SFSU Poetry Center & American Poetry Archives. He is the author of Disposed (2007).
Where: Poetic Research Bureau
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 951 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles, CA 90012
Website: https://www.poeticresearch.com
First Friday Poetry Reading & Open Mic at Rapp Saloon
Join guest host Natalie Graham, to hear poets and writers Vickie Vertiz and Brian Dunlap present and discuss their work, with musical guest Christopher del Rosario, at our First Friday Poetry Reading at Rapp Saloon.
Vickie Vértiz was recently announced as the 2018 PEN America Literary Awards winner for her 2017 collection, Palm Frond with its Throat Cut. She uses both humor and sincerity to capture moments in time and shows how history, oppression and resistance play out in intimate and everyday spaces.
Brian Dunlap is a poet, writer and educator, and the author of the chapbook, Concrete Paradise. He is the 2018 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize winner from december magazine, judged by former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez. He runs the blog site www.losangelesliterature.wordpress.com, a resource to explore L.A.’s vast literary culture.
Christopher del Rosario is an indie singer-songwriter.
Natalie Graham is a Cave Canem fellow and associate professor at Cal State Fullerton University. Begin With a Failed Body is her first full-length collection, and won the 2016 prize.
Where: Rapp Saloon, Santa Monica
Date: Friday the 7th
Time: 8:30 pm – 11:30 pm
Address: 1436 2nd St., Santa Monica, CA 90401
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/375559593195930/?notif_t=plan_user_invited¬if_id=1543792385448142
Storytime with Mr. Steve at Vroman’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Please join us for our twice-weekly children’s event, Storytime with Mr. Steve.
Where: Vroman’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 10 am
Address: 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91101
Website: https://www.vromansbookstore.com/event/storytime-mr-steve-248
Poetry Writing Workshop with F. Douglas Brown at Beyond Baroque
Please join F. Douglas Brown for a Poetry Writing Workshop titled Shepard Songs and Native Origins: Getting to the Root of Your Blood. This generative poetry workshop will develop work by centering on origins (place, memory, primary experiences, loss, joy) and use guided prompts inspired by the words and work of the late poet Reginald Shepard.
Douglas Brown is the author of ICON, a new collection of poetry from Writ Large Press in 2018, and Zero to Three, winner of the Cave Canem Prize in 2013. He is both a Cave Canem and Kundiman fellow, and is founder and curator of un::fade::able – The Requiem for Sandra Bland. He is a teacher, writer, and DJ in the LA Area.
NOTE: There is a $50 charge for this workshop, $35 for members, and it is limited to 15 participants. See Eventbrite link to register.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 11 am – 3 pm
Address: 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/242595669741315/
Saturday Afternoon Poetry at Santa Catalina Library
Please join us for a Deep Poetry Critique Workshop led by G. T. Foster at Santa Catalina Library. Bring 15 copies of your poem-in-progress.
Where: Santa Catalina Library, Pasadena
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 3 pm – 5 pm
Address: 999 E. Washington Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91107
Website: http://saturdayafternoonpoetry.blogspot.com/
Graham Nash & Hugh Syme with Our House at Book Soup
Join us to hear legendary singer-songwriter Graham Nash, in collaboration with award-winning graphic artist Hugh Syme, present and sign their book based on the lyrics of Nash’s iconic song, Our House, to a winsome illustrated book.
This book is based upon a song written fifty years ago, and is a love child of the Laurel Canyon era, when Nash and Joni Mitchell were living in their canyon bungalow in peace, contentment and love. It also contains a new original work of art by Nash, who is also the author of the memoir, Wild Tales.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
Website: http://www.booksoup.com/event/graham-nash-hugh-syme-sign-our-house
Michelle M. Gomez & Own Your Brilliance at Gatsby’s Bookstore
Join us to meet career coach and author Michelle Gomez, who will present her book, Own Your Brilliance: Overcome the Imposter Syndrome for Career Success. This book will teach you to recognize and understand Imposter Syndrome, how to tap into your inherent value and find your voice, and how to position yourself with confidence, and go for what you want without the fear of uncertainty.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/events-2/#/own-your- brilliance-with-career-coach/
David P. Taberna at Beyond Baroque
Join us as David P. Taberna brings his collection of work to the insatiable eye. The words may seem less than becoming, but remain.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Day Noir for Drop & Dazzle at Unurban Coffee House
Join us for Day Noir for Drop & Dazzle as our host Peggy Dobreer welcomes:
Bonnie Murray Tamblyn (Blue Heaven), singer, songwriter, and Council leader;
Linda Ravenswood (Poetry Brothel & Melrose Poetry Bureau);
Brendan Constantine (Letters to Guns & Dementia, My Darling);
Grammy Award-winning Michael C. Ford (Look in Each Other’s Ear).
Where: Unurban Coffee House
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 4 pm
Address: 3301 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/334077987402088/
The New Series at Beyond Baroque
Please join us as Beyond Baroque’s special 50th anniversary programs conclude with an evening of specially commissioned writing. As we enter our 51st year, we’re meditating on INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE, and we’ve asked two of L.A.’s most original writers to do the same: Harryette Mullen & J. Ryan Stadal. The New Series features brand new work on a theme by these significant authors:
Harryette Mullen is a professor of English at UCLA, an American poet, short story writer, and literary scholar. Her most recent work is Urban Tumbleweed: Notes from a Tanka Diary.
Ryan Stradal is the author of the novel, Kitchens of the Great Midwest (2015), and his shorter writing has appeared in many literary journals and magazines. Since 2017 he is a contributing editor at TASTE, and he volunteers and is on the advisory board of the educational non-profit 826LA.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Saturday the 8th
Time: 8 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
826LA Myths & Monsters Workshop for Kids at Hammer Museum
Reconnect with some of your favorite childhood myths to find out why and how stories shape perceptions of ourselves and our world. Then re-write your myths for a modern era.
Led by Aditi Khorana, the author of Mirror in the Sky and The Library of Fates, and Lilliam Rivera, the author of the YA novel, The Education of Margot Sanchez and the forthcoming Dealing in Dreams, this event is for kids ages 8-12.
Where: Hammer Museum
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 11 am – 1 pm
Address: 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90024
Uncle Pappy & Christmas Secrets at Gatsby’s Bookstore – Kids Event
Join us to meet the author of the children’s book, Christmas Secrets, Uncle Pappy, which is the first in a series of Christmas books for adults and children to enjoy together. The stories are interactive and allow children to become involved in the adventure.
Where: Gatsby’s Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 1 pm
Address: 5535 E. Spring St., Long Beach, CA 90808
Website: http://gatsbybooks.com/events-2/#/christmas-secrets-sun-dec-9th-1pm/
La Palabra Reading Series & Open Mic at Avenue 50 Studio
Join us for the La Palabra Reading Series, offered earlier this month due to the holiday schedule, and hosted by Anglelina Saenz.
Joining us to present and discuss their work are three amazing guests:
Brian Dunlap is a poet, writer and educator, and the author of the chapbook, Concrete Paradise. He is the 2018 Jeff Marks Memorial Poetry Prize winner from december magazine, judged by former Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis J. Rodriguez. He runs the blog site www.losangelesliterature.wordpress.com, a resource to explore L.A.’s vast literary culture.
Lindsey Haley is a Chicano Poet and activist raised in Venice, California. Her family was part of the Chicano wave that set roots in the Westside during the 1960s and 1970s. After running away from home at age 14 she became a farm worker in Fresno, and ten years later returned to a changed Venice. She now lives in Inglewood.
Juan Cardenas is a poet, educator and musician, and works as a Poet Teacher in California Poets in the Schools and as VP of the Los Angeles Poets Society. He is a classically trained Flautist, and co-hosts Tia Chucha’s Bookstore’s Friday Night Open Mic with Jessica Wilson Cardenas.
Where: Avenue 50 Studio
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 2 pm – 4 pm
Address: 131 N. Avenue 50, Highland Park, CA 90042
Website: http://avenue50studio.org/event/la-palabra-2 or https://www.facebook.com/events/198510224299225/
Soap Box Poets Open Reading at Beyond Baroque
Please join us for our popular monthly open reading, hosted by Jessica Wilson Cardenas.
Sign-ups begin at 1:45 pm.
Where: Beyond Baroque
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 2 pm
Address: 681 N. Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
Website: http://beyondbaroque.org/calendar.html
Kara Cooney & When Women Ruled the World at Book Soup
Join us to hear author Kara Cooney present and sign her book, When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt.
Female rulers are a rare phenomenon—but thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt, women reigned supreme. The author delivers a fascinating tale of female power, exploring the reasons why it seldom has been allowed through the ages, and why we should care.
Where: Book Soup
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 3 pm
Address: 8818 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069
This Is Not a Christmas Reading at Kaffebaren
Why There Are Words Los Angeles presents: This is Not a Christmas Reading, with featured guests:
Anne-Marie Kinney is the author of the novels Radio Iris and Coldwater Canyon. She co-curates the Griffith Park Storytelling Series in L.A.
Devin Galaudet is the editor and publisher of the In The Know Traveler and In The Know Bride. His book 10,000 Miles with My Dead Father’s Ashes is available everywhere.
Shawna Kenney is the author of: I Was a Teenage Dominatrix, Imposters, Book Lovers, and Live at the Safari Club: A History of Hardcore Punk in the Nation’s Capital.
Jim Ruland is the author of the novel Forest of Fortune and the short story collection Big Lonesome. He is a columnist for San Diego CityBeat and Razorcake, and runs the reading series Vermin on the Mount, now in its fifteenth year. He is currently working on a book with Bad Religion.
Sanjiv Bhattacharya is the US Correspondent for Esquire (UK), a member of the non-fiction faculty at the Pacific University MFA program in Oregon, and his first book is an investigation into Morman polygamy titled Secrets and Wives (2013).
Eric J. Guignard is a writer and editor of dark and speculative fiction, and runs the small press, Dark Moon Books. He’s won numerous awards for indie fiction, and is a technical writer and college professor.
Where: Kaffeebaren (Olive at Olympic Blvd.)
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 6:30 pm – 9 pm
Address: 1000 Olive St., Los Angeles, CA 90015
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/339313026663697/
Roar Shack & Library Girl at Ruskin Group Theatre
Please join us for the Library Girl & Roar Shack event, I Have Loved the Story of My Life, hosted by Susan Hayden and David Rocklin. Our last show of the year features writers: liz gonzalez, Steve Hochman, Henry Mortensen, Tanya White, and Mary Woronov reading from their work; and music by Mason Summit, Irene Greene, and Zander Schloss.
NOTE: All store book clubs are ticketed, so see website for details.
Where: Ruskin Group Theatre
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 7 pm – 9:30 pm
Address: 3000 Airport Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90405
Website: http://www.facebook.com/events/699069353809567/
Dystopian Book Club with Peter Clines at the Last Bookstore
Please join us for our Dystopian Book Club, hosted by Peter Clines, and discuss The Water Knife, by Paolo Bacigalupi, a story about mini-despots who are fighting to control what little water is left.
NOTE: All store book clubs are ticketed, so see website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 7:30 pm
Address: 453 S, Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
Labyrinth Book Club with Kathryn W. McGee at the Last Bookstore
Please join us for our That Thing in the Labyrinth Book Club, hosted by Kathryn E. McGee, and discuss Mapping the Interior, by Steven Graham Jones, a novella about a Native American boy’s discovery of his family’s mysterious history through visions of his father’s spectre in his labyrinthine house.
NOTE: All store book clubs are ticketed, so see website for details.
Where: The Last Bookstore
Date: Sunday the 9th
Time: 9:30 pm
Address: 453 S, Spring St., Los Angeles, CA 90013
Website: http://lastbookstorela.com/#events
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